PITS NEWSLETTER
Volume 22 #2
Winter 2004
Gifts for Gardeners
This list was intended to be holiday gifts for gardeners, but the ‘Flu’ struck a week after Thanksgiving and stayed with us through Christmas . There is always a perfect time for a perfect gift for a gardening friend. The best time to order is in the late winter for early spring planting and the list below will give you hours of pleasure during the grim winter months. Enjoy.
Acorn Springs Farm
2488 Hickey Road
Hallsville TX 75650
Garden of Delights
14560 SW 14th St.
Davie, FL 33325-4217
1-800-741-3103
Jene’s Tropicals
6831 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg FL 33710
727-344-1668
Pacific Tree Farms
4301 Lynwood Drive
Chula Vista CA 91910
818-363-3680
Raintree Nursery
391 Butts Road
Morton, WA 98356
360-496-6400
Stokes Tropicals
PO Box 9868
New Iberia LA 70562-9868
1-800-624-9706
There are several dwarf cultivars of Mango, Avocado, Chocolate Pudding trees and Cocoa trees that are suitable for container growing. Dr. John has been stewing about what to give your editor for Christmas; my list is a mile long after researching these sites.
Magazine Subscriptions
California Rare Fruit Growers
Fullerton Arboretum
PO Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
$25.00
Tropical Fruit News
Rare Fruit Council International
PO Box 660506
Miami Springs FL 33266
$40.00
Book
All about Citrus and Subtropical Fruits: Meredith Corporation, Ortho Books, 1716 Locust St. Des Moines IA 50309-3023.$9.95 An excellent guide to growing unusual fruits with a good chapter on container plants.
And of course a subscription to ‘The Pits’. $8.00 for four issues, send check or money order to Marty Biesc, 303 East 37th Street, NY, NY 10016